The Beggar's Opera (1728)

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Author
John Gay
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£77,752 19s 7d £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
1732 - 1809
£77,752 19s 7d - (100%) £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
777 470 307
1732 - 1809
777 470 307
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £206 1s 54% N/A
01 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £266 3s 6d 61% N/A
02 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, New Comic Dance, The Sailors Revel's at Portsmouth; or British Glory, Hornpipe, Tambourine Dance, The Cricket-Match No No Yes £199 16s 61% N/A
11 May 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £283 15s 6d 25% N/A
14 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No Yes £184 19s 57% N/A
25 May 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £258 11s 6d 13% N/A
17 Oct 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Medley, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Invasion, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe, Minuet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wonders of Derbyshire, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande, Hornpipe No No No £191 10s N/A N/A
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